<div id="test">Esto es una prueba</script>
 
<div id="text2"></script>
 
 
<br/><a id="test_button" href="#">Show</a>
 
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.pack.js"></" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
 
$("#test_button").click(function() {$("#test2").html($("#test").html());});
 
</script>